Brexit

Declan Black Mason Hayes & Curran has reported a slight dip in turnover for the first time in decades amid the economic uncertainty created by Brexit.

The Bar of Ireland has launched a new initiative to promote Ireland as a world-leading centre of legal services after Brexit, with support from the IDA, the legal community and Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.

Brexit poses inherent risks to the enjoyment of existing human rights in Northern Ireland, according to a new report published by the Human Rights Consortium. The RIGHTS AT RISK – Brexit, Human Rights and Northern Ireland report is the product of extensive research by the Consortium with its membe

Dr Vincent Power The number of Irish-centred M&A deals which are notified to Brussels could decline sharply after Brexit because they will lack sufficient EU turnover, A&L Goodbody has said.

Brexit could undermine the performance of Ireland's property market, according to a new report from Property Industry Ireland (PII). The Brexit and Ireland’s property sector report reviews the likely impact of Brexit on the Irish property market and identifies "some significant risks, but also som

The UK government has provided no detail on how it will protect consumer rights via shared legislation, shared mechanisms and cooperation with cross-border agencies post Brexit, a House of Lords sub-committee has reported. The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee today calls on the government to

A bid to encourage companies to use Ireland as a jurisdiction to settle legal disputes has received the Government’s support, The Irish Independent reports.

Plans for a new court to adjudicate on trade disputes with the EU are being drawn up by UK governmentministers in an attempt to resolve a dispute with Brussels over the role of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Whitehall is reported as favouring a model under which the UK and EU would have

The chiefs of The Bar of Ireland and The Bar of Northern Ireland have welcomed Friday's Brexit agreement between the UK and EU. In a statement, chairpersons Paul McGarry SC and Liam McCollum QC said they welcomed "the recognition and protection afforded to the relevant key legal provisions".

Pictured: Senator Michael McDowell SC at Checkpoint Cathal Borders and broken agreements lie ahead if the UK government stays its course on Brexit, according to speakers at the Hibernian Law Journal's Checkpoint Cathal lecture in Dublin.

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has warned of anxiety among its members that Brexit will affect their ability to practise in England and Wales.

The UK government has said that leaving the European Union will “bring about an end to the direct jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union”. The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has this week launched a new inquiry on this issue and the question of enforcement and disput

Nicholas Butcher International law firm Maples and Calder has announced plans to provide Irish transaction advice to UK clients from its London office.

Sir John Holmes The head of the UK's elections watchdog has called for urgent reform of electoral laws and confirmed an inquiry has begun into possible Russian interference in the Brexit vote.

Activists and organisations working in the area of human rights and equality have called for "written guarantees" that the Brexit negotiations will respect the Good Friday Agreement. They say there "must be no regression or diminution of existing human rights and equality guarantees for all people l